Improvement in cultivator-plows



skilled intheart oo make' and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part. of this specification. .t

. proved machine. same,l partly in section', through the linea Lr,

Fig. 1A .'*Similar letters .of

attached, andthefmiddle part of v4which is cut curely attached to the Aaxles A,- 4and to which the tongue D is securely attached. G is so formed, as shown in Fig; 1, as to leave beams, the rear parts ot which are curveddownlower or rear ends.` Theforwardfeudsof the -F, are pivoted to the vertical barsorshafts I,

rtachedto the downwardlylprojecting arms J vso that the rear parts; of the"f inner. beamsfF, -ni ay have a free vertiealjand lateral movement. I

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' PATENT. GFFIICE.

GRAHAM, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT |N c'U'LrivAToa-PLowsj Specilication'forming partbf Letters Patent No. VSmdated Marchi), 1869; Y.

Graham, in the county ot' Nodawayand State of Missouri, haveyinvented a. new and Im actdescrption thereof', which will enable others Figure 1 is a Vtop o r plan view of -my'im- Fig. 2 .is a side viewiot' the reference indicate 'corre-` spending parts." My invention hasforits object to furnish an ated, 'each of the plows operating independlj ently of the others ,and iteousistsin the con-1` structionand combination ofthe variouspart's of the machine, as' hereinafter more fully 'de scribed. f f A is the -axletree, to which the wheels B are away so as to givetheoperator afree and unobstructed view ot' 'th'e'corn while being cultirated. The wheels. B may be ordinary wagonwheels,l or they may be wheels 'made expressly for the machine,I asmay be desired or comenent.

C is the frame of the cultivator, which' is se- 'lhe frame its middle part open,`so as to aord an unobstructed vic'w ofthe eorubeiug cultivated.

E are the outer and E are .the inner plowward, and havethe plows Gr attached'to their outer beams, E, enterand are pivotedin slots formed in the lower ends oi. the downwardly-v projecting arms H, sothat the rearparts of saidbeams may have ajfreefvertical movement. The forward'e'nds of` the innerbeams,

the journals 'o f which work inhearings at- .y The upper ends ot' the downwardly-projecting arms H and J are securely and strongly `attached. to the' frame C, so l that they may 'easily sustain the draft-strainof the ploivs.

proved G nltivatorPlow; and I do hereby def Glarethat the following is a'full,clear, ancljex- K are short horizontal shafts, the journals of which work in hearings .attached tothe f'frame C, 4audio whichare stronglyand rig, 'idly attached Athe forward ends nof the levers' L, the rear orfree ends of which extend back into such a position that they maybe conveniently reached and operated by the driver ifrom `his seat. Y t Y lI oeach-of the shafts K are also securely and rigidly/'attached short arms or levers M,

projecting forward and downward, andthe fre'e or forward endsof which are connected to the plow-beams E, and F bythe chains N,as shown in Figs. lfand 2.-

`thc' 'chauisxT tireplows mayjheadjustedforum v By adjustiug'the length ot' at' a'grcater or l'essdepth in thegroun'd, 'and by means ot the levers L the plowsmaybe raised ind lowered away from the ground while .passing from place to`place. 0 are stirrups' orloopsattached to therear partsot' the'iuner beams, I", so that the said inner beams may be raised to pass over obstructions and guided to pass around obstruc! tions or avoid irregular hills hy the operator with hisfeet.

To the rearpartsof the outer beams, are

pivoted the lower ends ofthe rods P, the upper ends of which have handles formed upon them, and extend up into such a positionthat they may be easily reachedwand opera'tedihyfV the driver from his seat torase the saidbe'ms .l-l to'pass over obstructions.

Having thus described my inventioml'clafni as new and desire to secure by Lettersvv Patent- 4" The combination ot'? theaxles A, frame C, v

-arm's-HJ, vertical shafts LploivbeamsF and E ,ch'ains N armsor levers M', short' shafts K,

and levers L.wi'th each other,as herein shown" anddes'crihed, and forV the purpose set forthf The above'specication off'my invention' signed by me this tliida'y oi September, 1868.

' willem-M Loosen. 

